| material implication | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the truth-functional connective that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences and assigns the value false to it only when its antecedent is true and its consequent false, without consideration of relevance; loosely corresponds to the English if … then |
| 2. | a compound sentence formed with this connective |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |